DALLAS, Texas – We all are very aware of the fact that Baylor University is in the limelight again and has been for almost a year now.

We are all also acutely aware that Baylor’s head football coach, Art Briles, is on the hot seat from outside sources.

But what we don’t know is whether Briles, BU President Ken Starr, the board of trustees and other higher ups understand why parents could be very concerned about a culture at a Baptist school and at least sitting over here, I don’t think those afore mentioned really care what those parents think right now.

Let’s face it. If you’re a parent who has a child wanting to go to Baylor, would you let him or her go right now? I mean at a cost of almost $40,000 in tuition and fees per year, what as you as a parent getting as assurance that your child is going to be protected from a sexual predator?

Now I know that may seem to be a stretch for some in my assumption but is it unreasonable?

Young men and women on college campuses are going to come across these sort of societal ills; that’s just a part of our society now. But you, as a parent, are hoping that should a prominent student be accused of such a heinous crime, that the university take the appropriate measures and ensures that the due process of justice is done so that the rest of the student body feels protected.

In Baylor’s case, I just don’t see that happening.

I don’t see Briles taking this issue head on like he would ask his players to do in a tackling drill.

I don’t see Starr understanding just how damaging the Outside the Lines report is to the internal audit that is going on.

Where is the accountability of those school officials whose tasks and/or duties as authority figures to not only report any claim of sexual misconduct but to ensure that a transparent investigation is done on all sides?

Where was any coach or athletic administrator when the allegations of misconduct first rang out from the campus and why wasn’t a full court press put on a year ago to not only remove any person who is being investigated but also to protect the victims and ensure their rights as students according to the Baylor code of ethics?

Forget about Title IX ramifications; how about the ramifications of students who are victims basically getting victimized by not only their attacker but by the very school and governance system that they and/or their parents put their faith in?

Where is that reassurance that DESPITE the accuser being a star athlete, he or she is not above anyone and they are actually in a weaker position because they do represent the school?

I’ll tell you where…..Never Never land. That’s where.

Parents now have to add to their plate of worry schools that are in the news for the wrong reasons.

Twenty to thirty years ago, parents had to worry about kids experimenting with drugs, goofing off at college, and just doing some things that were perceived to be a “normal” experience.

Today, the very parents who made their parents worry about them twenty to thirty years ago now have to worry about whether or not their child will not be a victim of a sexual crime on campus.

I can’t imagine how those parents must feel who are either Baylor alum or who have kids going to the school. I’m sure it’s just sickening to read about or hear about it on the news.

But if I were a parent who had a son or daughter who wanted to go to Baylor, I’d have no problem telling that son or daughter they weren’t going to go.

It’s not that I wouldn’t be able to trust my child; I just couldn’t trust Baylor or its current administrators.

The administration at Baylor needs to understand that there are parents who are concerned and if they can’t clean up a program that brings in millions, then those parents have a right to guide their children to a school that puts character and student safety above wins and losses.

It may not be realistic as a parent, but that’s closer to a reality for students than having a system just flat out ignores your claim of being a victim on campus because you don’t score on the field.